Old Town students participate in rescheduled walkout

OLD TOWN - Last week students across the nation walked out of their schools to remember the lives lost in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Wednesday, students in our area continued that movement.

Dozens of teens at Old Town High School participated in their own walkout Wednesday.

They originally planned the event for a week before, but a snow storm and other circumstances prevented them from going through with it.

Even so, the students said memorializing the people who lost their lives in Parkland didn't have a time frame.

"When you're trying to accomplish something through a movement, just stopping when it doesn't go the way you plan it is a poor decision to make when you're actually trying to do something," said Zack Wyles, a senior at Old Town H.S.

"It was all about bringing to light that 17 people passed away, and that I think the nation as a whole needs to like wake up and see that this is what happened," said Old Town H.S. senior Gage Rosenow.

The students added that the event wasn't politically motivated, but rather a way to remind people that something needs to be done to prevent this type of tragedy.

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